Boy first Giesela eats part of a catepiller and vomits 5 times and then the next day Boris got out! I hope these types of scares dont really come in three's. I'm not sure how he got out but I had been inside for around an hour (after taking Giesela for a short walk around the house, Boris was on the back porch where I had gone in and out) and was watching tv with the front door open. I started hearing some leaf rustling and though "squirrel or chipmunk". More rustling, well for no good reason I got up to look and there was Boris - I opened the door and he ran in! Thank God that Boris is more of a "holer up'er" than Giesela who starts wandering in a straight line away from the house. I do wonder if walking them around the house a lot taught him where the front door was? While I certainly WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS I once read a very bereaved post on aol by some guy, not a regular poster, where he was going on about his beloved female ferret who slept on his feet every night and how he would "let her out every night for a half hour and then let her in". Apparently she had died of cancer which he had not realized was somewhat common in ferrets and he really hurting. I got a call from someone tonight, didn't catch the name, about was I going to the ferret show? Tried calling the number and, since I wasn't sure who called, asked if she (the woman who answered) had called about the ferret show. Mightly confused she replied "I have a ferret but don't know anything about a show" So I repeated the number, which I had dialed wrong, and then told her about the show, she said Well Thanks. Sort of amusing to call a wrong number and get another ferret owner! Hope everyone's sick fuzzies get healthy, all healthy ferrets stay that way and a prayer for all animals in bad places. Mary, Boris (I was gonna scratch at the door but you beat me to it!) and Giesela (Man those catepillers are fuzzy Hack Hack) [Posted in FML issue 1724]